The G Word with Adam Conover

E1 · 26m

Food

Adam unpacks the origins of the USDA, the ways in which it keeps food safe, its challenges, and how it's directly responsible for stuffed-crust pizza.

E2 · 30m

Weather

How's the weather? The answer could mean life or death. Adam meets with those tasked with predicting the weather and handling its fallout.

E3 · 30m

Money

From bank bailouts to stimulus checks: Adam digs into the ways in which the government keeps people in the black — or shortchanges them.

E4 · 26m

Future

"Hey, Siri. Who created GPS, drones, Roomba and you?" "A military defense agency responsible for some amazing — and awful — advancements in tech."

E5 · 31m

Disease

Adam examines the US government's helpful and harmful approaches to sickness and finds that incompetence and indifference are all too contagious.

E6 · 33m

Change

A disillusioned Adam visits Barack Obama to see if the man who made “hope and change” a thing can explain how to make an actual impact in government.